This is a medium (2 to 2.5 inch) corner notch point with an elliptical cross section. The blade ranges from straight to excurvate and may be finely serrated. Short broad notches enter from the corner of the preform forming a short expanding stem and barbed shoulder. The base is primarily straight with basal corners ranging from sharp to rounded. This point has a random flaking pattern.
Size Measurements: Data needed
PULASKI (Eastern Seaboard Region) (Corner Notch) –
was named by C. G. Holland for examples recovered from sites in Pulaski
County, Virginia. They are
visually similar to the Pulaski found in the NC region but are smaller and
not as old. They are medium
sized (2” to 2.50”) projectiles and knives with straight or convex blade
edges, barbed shoulders, upwardly angled corner notches forming short
expanded stems with straight bases and sharp or round corners.
Distribution is Virginia and they were in use during the Middle to
Late Archaic period.
Reference:
Holland, C. G. 1970,
An
Archaeological Survey of Southwest Virginia.
Smithsonian Contribution to Anthropology 12. Smithsonian Institution
Press,
Washington.
Holland was a distinguished anthropologist who studied the archaeology of the Appalachian region. This point was identified in a professional publication, but has no professional references in literature. Collector sources reference this point type. This is considered a provisional type.
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